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1. A day an hour of virtuous liberty

First Line:
A day an hour of virtuous liberty
Last Line:
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
19296

2. A dose less hot had burst through ribs of iron

First Line:
A dose less hot had burst through ribs of iron
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20350

3. A dungeon horrible on all sides round

First Line:
A dungeon horrible on all sides round
Last Line:
That comes to all
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
34236

4. A faultless monster which the world never saw

First Line:
A faultless monster which the world never saw
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10459

5. A faultless sonnet finished thus would be

First Line:
A faultless sonnet finished thus would be
Last Line:
Worth tedious volumes of loose poetry
DMI number:
10398

6. A form more fine more accurately wrought

First Line:
A form more fine more accurately wrought
Last Line:
To me the heavenly messengers appear
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
6816

7. A formidable figure black as night

First Line:
A formidable figure black as night
Last Line:
Exceeding fierce but destitute of sight
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
5617

8. A general good the rich may freely come

First Line:
A general good the rich may freely come
Last Line:
To Chloris loaves the sick and needy came
DMI number:
6859

9. A golden treasure is the tried friend

First Line:
A golden treasure is the tried friend
Last Line:
Thy friend to love as one whom thou mayst hate
Author:
J Dolman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14815

10. - Without judgment fancy is but mad

First Line:
- Without judgment fancy is but mad
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10417

11. A bard there dwelt more fat than bard beseems

First Line:
A bard there dwelt more fat than bard beseems
Last Line:
He loathed much to write ne cared to repeat
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute) & George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32267

12. A bloom like thine attends the vernal rose

First Line:
A bloom like thine attends the vernal rose
Last Line:
And leave the strong impression deep behind
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Speculation)
DMI number:
12689

13. A bow he had bent in his hand

First Line:
A bow he had bent in his hand
Last Line:
Full to the head drew he
DMI number:
13050

14. A clownish mien a voice with rustic sound

First Line:
A clownish mien a voice with rustic sound
Last Line:
And whistled as he went for want of thought
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28959

15. A heat that glows in every line that's writ

First Line:
A heat that glows in every line that's writ
Last Line:
Describing all men yet described by none &c
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10775

16. A higher flight and of a happier force

First Line:
A higher flight and of a happier force
Last Line:
And makes the work much easier than it shows
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10413

17. A higher flight and of a happier force

First Line:
A higher flight and of a happier force
Last Line:
With fury too as well as fancy fired
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10414

18. A mother who vast pleasure finds

First Line:
A mother who vast pleasure finds
Last Line:
And tell of Addison and Pope
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
30509

19. A story should to please at least seem true

First Line:
A story should to please at least seem true
Last Line:
In vain the forced half smile to keep alive
Author:
Benjamin Stillingfleet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30895

20. A sullen calm unusual dark and dead

First Line:
A sullen calm unusual dark and dead
Last Line:
His will unerring wisest justest best
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
29807

21. A thousand different shapes it bears

First Line:
A thousand different shapes it bears
Last Line:
In that strange mirror of the deity
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6021

22. A man so various that he seemed to be

First Line:
A man so various that he seemed to be
Last Line:
That every man with him was God or devil
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
36900

23. A man triumphant is a monstrous sight

First Line:
A man triumphant is a monstrous sight
Last Line:
Who called us into being to be blessed
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30198

24. A matter of the most important weight

First Line:
A matter of the most important weight
Last Line:
All things to ruin and confusion run
DMI number:
7617

25. A messenger came to the king

First Line:
A messenger came to the king
Last Line:
Ywis of none never heard ye
DMI number:
37596

26. A moment's space a transient span

First Line:
A moment's space a transient span
Last Line:
So short is life so frail is man
DMI number:
34207

27. A perfect judge will read each work of wit

First Line:
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
Last Line:
Invention labours less but judgment more
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29633

28. A poet to applaud or boldly blame

First Line:
A poet to applaud or boldly blame
Last Line:
And vice to dark oblivion is betrayed
Author:
Dermot O'Connor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27118

29. A serious lover can alone explain

First Line:
A serious lover can alone explain
Last Line:
Than all the flowers of rhetoric can do
DMI number:
6838

30. A shower of soft and fleecy rain

First Line:
A shower of soft and fleecy rain
Last Line:
As if with fur of ermin crowned
DMI number:
29672

31. A skillful ear in numbers should preside

First Line:
A skillful ear in numbers should preside
Last Line:
Before mistaken stops debauched the sound
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
10822

32. A soul exasperated in ill falls out

First Line:
A soul exasperated in ill falls out
Last Line:
With every thing its friend it self
DMI number:
14175

33. A spirit that inspires the work throughout

First Line:
A spirit that inspires the work throughout
Last Line:
As that of nature moves the world about
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10773

34. A spirit which inspires the work throughout

First Line:
A spirit which inspires the work throughout
Last Line:
As that of nature moves the world about
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10390

35. A spirit which inspires the work throughout

First Line:
A spirit which inspires the work throughout
Last Line:
Describing all men but described by none
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10391

36. A primitive christian and a saint in this

First Line:
A primitive christian and a saint in this
Last Line:
And glorious as a rising sun her eye
DMI number:
6869

37. A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate

First Line:
A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate
Last Line:
Is there no hope alas then bring the jowl
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29803

38. A scanty fortune clips the wings of fame

First Line:
A scanty fortune clips the wings of fame
Last Line:
And wit in rags is turned to ridicule
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Thomas Parnell (Confident)
DMI number:
29813

39. A truce to thought and let us over the fields

First Line:
A truce to thought and let us over the fields
Last Line:
Once more to rest his foot on his own threshold
Author:
James Hurdis (Absolute)
DMI number:
36983

40. A tyrant's growth

First Line:
A tyrant's growth
Last Line:
For whom all fear he justly feareth all
DMI number:
41400

41. A little learning is a dangerous thing

First Line:
A little learning is a dangerous thing
Last Line:
New distant scenes of endless science rise
DMI number:
30190

42. Ah gentle shepherd thine the lot to tend

First Line:
Ah gentle shepherd thine the lot to tend
Last Line:
And charitable habits learn in sport
Author:
John Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:
30180

43. Ah he who first found out the way

First Line:
Ah he who first found out the way
Last Line:
That was by the dear billet doux betrayed
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
2858

44. Ah little think the gay licentious proud

First Line:
Ah little think the gay licentious proud
Last Line:
Refining still the social passions work
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33690

45. Ah lovely Amoret the care

First Line:
Ah lovely Amoret the care
Last Line:
And haste to catch the flying game
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
5570

46. Ah my fair boy trust not thy hue too much

First Line:
Ah my fair boy trust not thy hue too much
Last Line:
All be they white yet shed they as they stand
DMI number:
44509

47. All are but parts of one stupendous whole

First Line:
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:
He fills he bounds connects and equals all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29843

48. All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath

First Line:
All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath
Last Line:
Unsatisfied and sick tosses in noon
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29847

49. All dark and comfortless

First Line:
All dark and comfortless
Last Line:
Nor see the face of kindred or of friend
DMI number:
14292

50. All days to me henceforth are equal

First Line:
All days to me henceforth are equal
Last Line:
One hated line of more extended woe
DMI number:
14170

51. All Europe can't show such performance of parts

First Line:
All Europe can't show such performance of parts
Last Line:
For emphasis cadence and all can be said
DMI number:
9505

52. Absent or dead still let a friend be dear

First Line:
Absent or dead still let a friend be dear
Last Line:
A sigh the absent claims the dead a tear
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34575

53. Absurd expressions crude abortive thoughts

First Line:
Absurd expressions crude abortive thoughts
Last Line:
And sacred laws with insolence defy
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10819

54. Abuse of power abaseth princes all

First Line:
Abuse of power abaseth princes all
Last Line:
And as a god no justice should omit
DMI number:
15872

55. Accursed jealousy

First Line:
Accursed jealousy
Last Line:
Baneful as death and horrible as hell
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19095

56. Ah why so vain though blooming in thy spring

First Line:
Ah why so vain though blooming in thy spring
Last Line:
The ground eternal as the work divine
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30199

57. Affected noise is the most wretched thing

First Line:
Affected noise is the most wretched thing
Last Line:
That to contempt can empty scribblers bring
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10795

58. Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue

First Line:
Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue
Last Line:
Poisons the soil and its best product kills
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute) & James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28406

59. Afflictions sent from heaven without a cause

First Line:
Afflictions sent from heaven without a cause
Last Line:
Make bold mankind enquire into its laws
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20454

60. After a serious and judicious choice

First Line:
After a serious and judicious choice
Last Line:
Method and eloquence will never fail
DMI number:
10495

61. After matrimony's over

First Line:
After matrimony's over
Last Line:
Than half a year of love before
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
25476

62. Again God said let there be firmament

First Line:
Again God said let there be firmament
Last Line:
And morning chorus sung the second day
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9784

63. Again the almighty spake let there be lights

First Line:
Again the almighty spake let there be lights
Last Line:
Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9788

64. Age does alas disclose though never so wise

First Line:
Age does alas disclose though never so wise
Last Line:
A thousand troubles hid from youthful eyes
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
9602

65. Ah fond friend Melibe I whilom dempt

First Line:
Ah fond friend Melibe I whilom dempt
Last Line:
And mole hills won't to mountains to compare
DMI number:
44511

66. A wight he is whose very size

First Line:
A wight he is whose very size
Last Line:
And eke his inch of justice out
DMI number:
13032

67. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30028

68. A woman moved is like a fountain troubled

First Line:
A woman moved is like a fountain troubled
Last Line:
Confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair buds
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
33206

69. All hearts alike all faces cannot move

First Line:
All hearts alike all faces cannot move
Last Line:
No more than jet the trembling needle draw
DMI number:
14239

70. All human things are subject to decay

First Line:
All human things are subject to decay
Last Line:
But nothing is more dangerous if blind
DMI number:
30249

71. All journey forwards to the self-same place

First Line:
All journey forwards to the self-same place
Last Line:
What pace I travel so my way be fair
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17384

72. All mankind are alike to them

First Line:
All mankind are alike to them
Last Line:
Till all their sweets are gone and all again refuse them
DMI number:
41707

73. All men that in affairs themselves employ

First Line:
All men that in affairs themselves employ
Last Line:
For pleasure each she brings displeasures ten
DMI number:
14786

74. All other creatures keep in beaten ways

First Line:
All other creatures keep in beaten ways
Last Line:
A trifle serves to lose him or to gain
Author:
Benjamin Stillingfleet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30400

75. All other lovers longer toils sustain

First Line:
All other lovers longer toils sustain
Last Line:
Desires hopes jealousies an endless train
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
7362

76. And yet of marriage bonds I'm weary grown

First Line:
And yet of marriage bonds I'm weary grown
Last Line:
For there's a god-like liberty in love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5645

77. And's heraldry he from the muses farms

First Line:
And's heraldry he from the muses farms
Last Line:
For Pegasus should be a poet's arms
DMI number:
6808

78. Angels and ministers of grace defend us

First Line:
Angels and ministers of grace defend us
Last Line:
Nay let's follow him
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
40519

79. Angels preserve my dearest father's life

First Line:
Angels preserve my dearest father's life
Last Line:
Till good men wish him dead or I offend him
DMI number:
14290

80. Anger is like

First Line:
Anger is like
Last Line:
Self-mettle tires him
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
13532

81. Another fault which often does befall

First Line:
Another fault which often does befall
Last Line:
Well may we laugh but at the poet's cost
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10467

82. An inner room receives the humorous souls

First Line:
An inner room receives the humorous souls
Last Line:
To promise future health for present fees
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
5482

83. An unaffected freedom graced his soul

First Line:
An unaffected freedom graced his soul
Last Line:
Was brave without reward without vainglory wise
DMI number:
9606

84. Ancient Phyllis has young graces

First Line:
Ancient Phyllis has young graces
Last Line:
Where's the wonder now
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
12227

85. Among the famed remains of ancient time

First Line:
Among the famed remains of ancient time
Last Line:
Soul moving poetry shines most sublime
DMI number:
10370

86. Amongst the Monsters that we find

First Line:
Amongst the Monsters that we find
Last Line:
From Adame drivs his pedegree
DMI number:
38007

87. An author young who pants for fame

First Line:
An author young who pants for fame
Last Line:
And looks a critic in the face
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
17289

88. All the world's a stage

First Line:
All the world's a stage
Last Line:
Sans teeth sans eyes sans taste sans everything
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
21641

89. All this beheard three wighty yeomen

First Line:
All this beheard three wighty yeomen
Last Line:
As he sate under a thorne
DMI number:
37268

90. All this together yet is but a part

First Line:
All this together yet is but a part
Last Line:
Their beauties imitate avoid their faults
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10452

91. All trembling in my arms Aminta lay

First Line:
All trembling in my arms Aminta lay
Last Line:
We sigh and kiss I waked and all was done
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
40486

92. All weldynge god whene it is his wylle

First Line:
All weldynge god whene it is his wylle
Last Line:
Nere the hyzens of hym that lengeth in hevene | For this &c
DMI number:
37393

93. All women will deny

First Line:
All women will deny
Last Line:
Not the least footstep to be traced for truth
DMI number:
14165

94. And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight

First Line:
And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight
Last Line:
The fury flew athwart and made the endeavour void
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28601

95. And cures because the remedy is loved

First Line:
And cures because the remedy is loved
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10428

96. And do like to the twins of cupid's mother

First Line:
And do like to the twins of cupid's mother
Last Line:
Still kiss because in love with one another
DMI number:
6871

97. And God said let the waters generate

First Line:
And God said let the waters generate
Last Line:
Draws in and at his trunk spouts out a sea
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9789

98. And here and there she innocently slays

First Line:
And here and there she innocently slays
Last Line:
How can it choose but fall
DMI number:
6850

99. And Hudibras who scorned to stoop

First Line:
And Hudibras who scorned to stoop
Last Line:
Is most admired and wondered at
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5550

100. And in his heart as in a fort remains

First Line:
And in his heart as in a fort remains
Last Line:
And sickness triumphs in the throne of love
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
6005